Workspace analysis of the ParaDex robot - a novel, closed-chain, kinematically-redundant manipulator

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 3, Issue , 2000, Pages 2392-2397

  Wang, Yuesong ^a   Newman, Wyatt S ^a   Stoughton, Robert S ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ONLINE PLANNING; PARADEX ROBOT; WORKSPACE ANALYSIS;

ACTUATORS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); KINEMATICS; MOTION PLANNING; OPTIMIZATION; REDUNDANCY; STIFFNESS; UNIVERSAL JOINTS;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 0033685615     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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